US 12,459,742 B2
Handling system, instruction device, handling method, and storage medium
Akihito Ogawa, Fujisawa (JP)
Assigned to KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/808,761.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-106646 (JP), filed on Jun. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0411190 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. B65G 1/04 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B65G 1/06 (2006.01); B65G 1/137 (2006.01); G05B 19/418 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 1/1378 (2013.01) [B25J 9/0093 (2013.01); B65G 1/0421 (2013.01); B65G 1/0492 (2013.01); B65G 1/065 (2013.01); B65G 1/1373 (2013.01); G05B 19/41895 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0235 (2013.01); B65G 2203/0241 (2013.01); G05B 2219/50363 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A handling system, comprising:
a first mobile robot transporting a first container out of a loading location of the first container, an article being stored in the first container;
a first transfer robot transferring the first container from one of the first mobile robot or a first loading platform to the other of the first mobile robot or the first loading platform; and
a picking robot moving the article from the first container placed on the first loading platform to a second container placed on a second loading platform.
 
12. An instruction device transmitting an instruction to a handling system,
the handling system including a first mobile robot, a first transfer robot, and a picking robot,
the instruction device causing the first mobile robot to transport a first container out of a loading location of the first container, an article being stored in the first container,
the instruction device causing the first transfer robot to transfer the first container from one of the first mobile robot or a first loading platform to the other of the first mobile robot or the first loading platform, and
the instruction device causing the picking robot to move the article from the first container placed on the first loading platform to a second container placed on a second loading platform.
 
14. A handling method causing a handling system to handle an article,
the handling system including a first mobile robot, a first transfer robot, and a picking robot,
the method comprising:
causing the first mobile robot to transport a first container out of a loading location of the first container, the article being stored in the first container;
causing the first transfer robot to transfer the first container from one of the first mobile robot or a first loading platform to the other of the first mobile robot or the first loading platform; and
causing the picking robot to move the article from the first container placed on the first loading platform to a second container placed on a second loading platform.
 
16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to execute a handling method for a handling system, the handling system including a first mobile robot, a first transfer robot, and a picking robot, the method comprising:
causing the first mobile robot to transport a first container out of a loading location of the first container, an article being stored in the first container;
causing the first transfer robot to transfer the first container from one of the first mobile robot or a first loading platform to the other of the first mobile robot or the first loading platform; and
causing the picking robot to move the article from the first container placed on the first loading platform to a second container placed on a second loading platform.